The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-11

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your side holding firm the beloved red Standard.
But it will not be- 1t stated that should be a
lose my life. Be happy Long life the social
lutionl Long may anarchy reignl 1 give you a
brothers embrace and remain yours
| P. s-Give my kind regards to my relatives and
friends that family knows need, and that
the children have good education.
The Work of Lingg's Haymarket Bomb.
/ Chicago Letter in New York sun.
meeting of armed Anarchists and ef.itated
laborers was in progress. Turbulence, enven-
/ omed oratory and heated passions were mark
| eddy apparent. Spies and Parsons had but just
| descended from the wagon, where in CORY
| speeches, they had advocated the use of arms
| and violence the sole ways by which the
wage slaves" could procure emancipation from
their present bondage" But four and twenty
hours before, instigated by similar orators, the
mob had assaulted the non-union men at Nc
Cormick's reaper-works, and in subseque Mt
encounter with the police, one of their number
was killed and several wounded. They were
not in a mood for interference. Consequently,
when $50 men from the Desplaines street sta
ton marched into the Haymarket square and
Capt. Ward ordered the meeting to dispense in the
name of the law, it needed little more than Fiel-
denis remark. Here come the bloodhounds.
contents and Anarchists to open hostilities.
bomb was thrown, and. falling between two
columns of policemen, moved them down like
cyclone. Not one Of the front rank left
standing. This was followed in rapid succession
by voey of fires arms. and more policemen bit
the dust Up to this time not shot had been
fired by the policemen, a club drawn. They
were appalled, by the suddenness of the attack,
and were the verge OF disorder and flight
when Captain Bonfeld stepped into the breach
and loudly called his men to rally. What
was left of them responded. and, grasping their
revolvers, they advanced steadily, firing as they
went.
When their ammunition gave out they drew
their batons and vigorously dubbed all within
their reach. In the face of such determined
bravery the cowardy ours who composed the
ROB could not stand. and after hating but for
an instant they turned and fed precipitately
from the scene of danger. One of their number
was left dead on the square, while eager hands
set to work caring for the dying and wounded.
From every foot Of ground the vicinity
means of anguish. Here policeman cried in
tortured voice for help, and there wounded
Anarchist gasped out his life in framing some
maledcton the police 1t was horrible.
Blood. death and all the horrors of a carnage
were everywhere manifested. One policeman
was killed outright, Matthias j. began, while
scores of others were wounded. and several died
at a later period from their injuries No anthem
tic estimate of the number of Anarchists killed
can be arrived at, but their death loss was
heavy, and the care of the wounded gave their
friends work Tor many a long day.
The wounded officers were removed with care
and gentleness TO the county hospital and the
Desplanes-street station, where skillful surgeons
soon were in attendance. The scenes of woe
and suffering were of the most narrowing de-
scription. Mangled limbs, torn and blood
stained bodies, agonized writings and shrieks
of pain told too plainly of the deadly nature of
the wholesale destruction. The presence of the
physicians hailed with unmistakable de-
light by the wounded men, and for long hours
after the policemen and the Anarchists
treated side by side in the station house. Here,
stretched a wooden table, lay officer Tim
Flaken and above his heart dark red stain
hat tnl6 fha or1con f his 60at iu zfil
life was rapidly oozing away. and by his side
stood black robed prelate His gallant com
rades lay all around him gritting their teeth in
silent pain and heroically endeavoring to bear
up under their excruciating agony the sur
geons probed their wounds and dressed
them. Death would have been a merciful
come. and many were doomed to drag
out of their burdensome life MANNED. crippled,
were perforated: fingers fractured, bullets
passed through kidneys, stomachs, abdomens.
Amputations were necessary One man not only
had a number of wounds in his legs, but large
hole in the liver and a fracture of the elbow
joint, portion of which had been torn away.
Another had eighteen wounds. principally on his
feet and two and a half hours were occupied by
expert surgeons in taking out the pieces of shell.
One man had bad fracture of the leg three :,
inches below the knee, aud several wounds
above on the same leg. and q compound wound
of the right elbow. A piece of shell struck one
man over the base of his heart, tore a piece of
the breast-bone away, and passed in behind.
Another man was shot in the lett side, and an
other had a large ragged wound in the upper
part of his thigh, large enough to put ones
hand in. Inside of that found missile
made of zinc. Another wound the inside of
the same mans leg was made by zinc, which, &C
cording to the testimony of experts. went
obllquely after leaving the bomb, twirling so
that when happening to hit surface edgewise
it would make a linear incision while if it hit it
fiat it would make large. ragged wound.
The details of that night something
fr,ghtful, and old soldiers, heroes of many bat
tie, SCARED and wounded in the service of their
country, declared that they had never such
a bewilderlng, horrible picture presented by |
the frightened and mutilated officers who that
night did their duty in the Haymarket square. |
This, mind you, was the work of one bomb. |
made by the same man, Lingg. in whose cell |
found four bomb even more destructive |
in their nature than the which raised such |
fortitude, and the magnificent courage displayed |
by the police that terrible night. Such of |
the police were not killed then, not |
manned and manged then, looked at the spec |
tacle of men rushing TO sign the petition for |
clemency with unfeigned disgust and horror. |
Mutterings of discomfort can be heard on every |
corner. Every station house wculd be mass |
meeting of upheavsd protests wera discipline |
less rigorous, less adm able than it is.
Lingg is curiosity with door-mat head |
doughy face. evil, sinister expression mag
nlficent chest, and poorly-fashioned legs He is |
as crazy a March hare the subject of |
Lingg 10 him the idea of revolution is |
mel, chance for anarchy is tenderloin with |
mushrooms, and the coming opportunity to LOOK |
death in the face while defiant sneers are be- |
slowed upon the surrounding multitudes would |
be the tenderest quail the most delightfully."- |
Drowned toast that expert caterer ever served.
THE LAST LEGAL MOVES.
Judge Tuley Refuses Mr. salomon's Applica- |
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